Sunday 9 November 2014

671 Alexander Brown


Constituency : Wenlock 1868-85; Wellington 1885-1906  ( from  1886  Liberal  Unionist ) 

Alexander  was  elected  unopposed   in  Wenlock  ; presumably  the  Tories  decided  it  was  impossible  to  retain  both  seats  with  the  enlarged  electorate.

Alexander  served  in  the  5th  Dragoon  Guards  from  1864  to  1866.

Alexander  supported  the  regulation  of  child  labour.

Alexander  never  spoke  in  the  Commons  after  changing  seats.

Alexander  was  created  a  baronet  in  1903.

Alexander  stood  down  in  1906.

He  died  in  1922  aged  78.

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